October 1, 2012 Earlier this year, Amanda Clayton was charged with welfare fraud after continuing to collect food stamps after she won a $1 million lottery prize. She was found dead over the weekend.
September 16, 2012 Sign of the times: Three Michigan Lottery personalities have struck bad luck, learning that they will soon be replaced by a machine.
The Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots are both in 9-digit territory for this weekend's drawings. Both games that we are able to play in Michigan are well above 100 million dollars to a single winner.
Powerball is at 125 million for Saturday night's drawing. Mega Millions is at a whopping 173 million for tomorrow night (Friday).
Ever dreamed about quitting your job and buying a beachfront home in Hawaii or Florida or Fiji? Or all of the above? Tomorrow night's (Wednesday) Powerball jackpot is at 173 million dollars. If you take a one-time payout, that still comes to 105 million bucks before taxes. After taxes, you'll be left with slightly more than half of that. Guess you might have to keep working! Ha!
